Could an Oral Measles Drug Help the Unvaccinated?

April 16, 2014 6:16 PM

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A medication designed to inhibit measleslike virus in infected ferrets shows promise

It all begins with a cough or a simple rash. Then a note from school may be sent home with students that says someone in the fifth grade class has been diagnosed with measles, a highly infectious disease that could have been prevented with a vaccine. If another child in class has not been vaccinated...